filch

filch (f

lch)

tr.v. filched, filch·ing, filch·es

To take (something, especially something of little value) in a furtive manner; snitch. See Synonyms at steal.

[Middle English filchen.]

filcher n.

filch [fɪltʃ]

(tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer

[C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men]

filcher n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Verb

filch - make off with belongings of others

cabbage, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, sneak, pinch, hook, lift

steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

filch

verb steal, take, thieve, pinch (informal), lift (informal), nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), trouser (slang), abstract, rip off (slang), cabbage (Brit. slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned slang), embezzle, pilfer, walk off with, misappropriate, purloin, snaffle (Brit. informal) I filched some notes from his wallet.

Translations

filch [fɪltʃ] VT (= steal) → birlar, mangar

filch [ˈfɪltʃ] vt (= steal) → voler, chiper

filch

vt (inf) → filzen, mopsen, mausen (all inf)

filch [fɪltʃ] vt (fam) (steal) → grattare

filch

v filch [filtʃ]

to steal something, especially of little value Who has filched my pen? gaps; vaslê يَخْتَلِس، يَسْرِقُ شيئا قَليل القيمَه задигам štípnout, ukrást negle; hugge mitgehen lassen κλέβω, βουτάω (μτφ.) hurtar, robar näppama کش رفتن näpistää voler, chiper לִגנוֹב चोरी करना potkradati, krasti na sitno elcsen mencuri rubare くすねる 좀도둑질하다 nukniaukti nočiept mengebas gappen rappe, stjele podwędzić стащить potiahnuť izmakniti maznuti knycka, sno ลักเล็กขโมยน้อย çalmak, aşırmak 偷竊 потягти, поцупити اڑا لینا، اچکنا ăn cắp (nhất là những vật có giá trị nhỏ) 偷窃

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
abstract appropriate borrow cabbage embezzle Filcher Filchingly Filchner Ice Shelf moocher nobble Nobbler pilfer pilferage pilferer pilfering pinch purloin snarf steal	You don't need to be taught how to swindle the master, and to filch fur coats Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Now in that night Boxtel would climb over the wall and, as he knew the position of the bulb which was to produce the grand black tulip, he would filch it; and instead of flowering for Cornelius, it would flower for him, Isaac; he also, instead of Van Baerle, would have the prize of a hundred thousand guilders, not to speak of the sublime honour of calling the new flower Tulipa nigra Boxtellensis, -- a result which would satisfy not only his vengeance, but also his cupidity and his ambition. The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context As before, when Sing had threatened to filch his new possession from him, Number One held the girl with one hand while he met the attack of this new assailant with the other; but here was very different metal than had succumbed to him before. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	Filacer filaggrin filago Filago germanica filagree filament Filamentary filamentlike Filamentoid Filamentous Filander Filanders filar Filar micrometer filaree filaria Filarial filariasis filariid Filariidae Filasse Filatory filature filbert Filbert gall filch Filcher Filchingly Filchner Ice Shelf file filé file allocation table file away File blank file cabinet file clerk File closer File cutter file down File firing file folder file in File leader File marching file name file name extension file out file server file system File Transfer Protocol file-like	Filatov, Antonin Nikolaevich Filatov, Dmitrii Filatov, Dmitrii Petrovich Filatov, Nikolai Filatov, Nikolai Mikhailovich Filatov, Nil Filatov, Nil Fedorovich Filatov, Valentin Filatov, Valentin Ivanovich Filatov, Vladimir Filatov, Vladimir Petrovich filature filature filatures filatures filbert filbert filbert brush filbert brush filbert brushes filbert brushes Filbert gall Filberts Filberts FILC FILCA FILCAMS FILCEA FILCEM FILCEN filch filched filched filched filcher filcher filcher filchers filchers filchery filches filches filches filching filching filching Filchingly Filchner Ice Shelf Filchner Ice Shelf Filchner, Wilhelm Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme FilCRA FILD Fildes, Sir Luke FILDH FILDR file file

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Dictionary browser

Full browser

abstract
appropriate
borrow
cabbage
embezzle
Filcher
Filchingly
Filchner Ice Shelf
moocher
nobble
Nobbler
pilfer
pilferage
pilferer
pilfering
pinch
purloin
snarf
steal

You don't need to be taught how to swindle the master, and to filch fur coats

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Now in that night Boxtel would climb over the wall and, as he knew the position of the bulb which was to produce the grand black tulip, he would filch it; and instead of flowering for Cornelius, it would flower for him, Isaac; he also, instead of Van Baerle, would have the prize of a hundred thousand guilders, not to speak of the sublime honour of calling the new flower Tulipa nigra Boxtellensis, -- a result which would satisfy not only his vengeance, but also his cupidity and his ambition.

The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

As before, when Sing had threatened to filch his new possession from him, Number One held the girl with one hand while he met the attack of this new assailant with the other; but here was very different metal than had succumbed to him before.

The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

filch playV2('en/US/dy/dydsdrdndsd7hr');playV2('en/UK/dy/dydsdrdndsd7hr')

filch